My kind of director is an actor-director who writes. Orson Welles More Quotes by Orson Welles More Quotes From Orson Welles Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. Orson Welles moneyrealclass Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation. Orson Welles hollywoodbusinessdoe A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have. Orson Welles filmtrainboys I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have to sing for their supper ever like to be described truthfully - not in print anyway. We need to sell tickets, so we need good reviews. Orson Welles peopleneedsthinking Criticism is the essence of creation. Orson Welles creationcriticismessence It isn't worth it. No money is worth this... [walks out] Orson Welles worth-itno-moneywalks I'd make my promises now if I wasn't so busy arranging to keep them. Orson Welles arrangingbusypromise I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. Orson Welles carefulprotectclever There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present. Orson Welles biographersbiographiesinteresting I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford. Orson Welles mastersmean I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it. Orson Welles abandonhobbiesmaking-money Computers combine things to make new knowledge at such high speed that we cannot absorb it. Orson Welles high-speedcomputerspeed Husbands should revolt from time to time. Even the best circus-number becomes boring if the beast is too tame. Orson Welles circushusbandnumbers Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. Orson Welles refugemediocreperfect I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time. Orson Welles cuttingreadingwriting As for my style, for my vision of the cinema, editing is not simply one aspect; it's the aspect. Orson Welles stylevisionediting A maverick may go his own way but he doesn't think that it's the only way or ever claim that it's the best one, except maybe for himself. And don't imagine that this raggle-taggle gypsy is claiming to be free. It's just that some of the necessities to which I am a slave are different from yours. Orson Welles differentmaythinking The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age. Orson Welles birthdayinspirationalfunny I don't take art as seriously as politics. Orson Welles art The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful. Orson Welles best-thingsworstsuccessful
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